Michael Cirigliano II

Shades of Blue is your destination for discovering melancholy moments in classical music with the power to cultivate calm, connection, and healing.

None of the music I share in my newsletter will be selected because it's great or because the composer is important. Those are hollow, meaningless labels used too often in classical music marketing that don't showcase any of the benefits of actually sitting down and experiencing this music. 

Rather, I'll choose works that explore questions of life and death, joy and sorrow, love and loss, so we can witness within ourselves the transfiguration — physically, emotionally, spiritually — made possible through music that transports us to a beautiful, more perfect world.